Savings bank



Dec. 27, 1927.

M. MoRRxs SAVINGS BANK Filed Jan. 11, 1927 a 11111111. 'liliana '1111111111111'.

Patented Dec. 27, 1927.

UNITED sim-'rssl MARY MORRIS, OF NEW LONDON,v CONNECTICUT; y

SAVINGS BANK.

i Application led January 11, 1927. Serial No. 160,381.

'This inventionrelates to a savings bank having` various features ot novelty and advantage. Y

An aim of the invent-ion is to provide an improved, simple, effective and sate savings bank by means of which the spirit of systematic saving is fostered.

A further aim of the invention is to provide an improved savings bank whichA is normally-concealed or camouflaged so that it will be overlooked by one inclined to surreptitiously tamper with the same.

A still further aim of the invention is to provide a bank ot' this sort which can be opened only by an authorized custodian or agent.

Another aim of the invention is to provide an improved savings bank wherein, it an unauthorized person should open the locked or outside door of the bank, he could not gain'access to the money within the bank without knowing how to open an inside door, thus making the bank more or less prootl against theft.

Another aim of the invention is to provide an improved bank of this sort with a rmain door which can be unlocked only by one authorized to do so, and with an auxiliary door which can be opened only by one knowing the secret as how todo it, this auxiliary door being so arranged that, when it is in open position, it will prevent the coins within the bank from falling out of the same.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed outmore in detail hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplied in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the appended claims.

` As an instance of a use to which my improved bank may be applied, reference may be had to the systematic saving of small amounts to be applied to the payment of regularly due amounts, such, for instance, as the payment of insurance premiums. Vit-h a bank constructed in accordance with the present invention, the insured, particularly onev of tender age, may, at regular times, for instance each day or each week,

premiums.

drop into the bank the necessary amounts which will be sufl'lcient to meet say monthly The key, by which the bank may be opened, or the combination, in the event the bank is provided with a combination lock, may be retained by the insurance agent so that the insured or any unauthorized person cannot gain 'access to the amounts deposited in the bank. The insured, of course, would know Where the bank is situated but, having no key, he could not gain access thereto. As previously stated, the bank is concealed, or' at least partially hidden, from View so that any one not familiarwith the position of the bank, and who might be inclined to tamper with the same, could not readily discover it. In the event that the vbank shouldvbe discovered by some unauthorized person,` he

In the accompanying drawings, whereinV I have shown one of the many embodiments which the present inventionmay take:

Figure l is a front view with the concealing plate or grid in place;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig'. 1 with the face plate removed;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on line 3l of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a vertical central view taken substantially on line 4 4 ofFig. l;

Fig. 5 is a view similar tov Fig. 4, but showing the doors in open positions; Vand Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the manner in which the outer door, when moved to full position, releases the lock Jfor the inner door.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 10 designates a support of any suitable kind or sort. This support may be provided by the walls of a building, or may be a piece of furniture, such as a desk. The support l0 is provided with a recess in which is positioned my improved bank having a body portion or receptacle ll placed in upright position. The' front wall 12 of the recepf fil tacle has a flange 13 which defines the opening through which access may be had to the interior of the bank. This opening is normally closed by an outside or main door 14 and an auxiliary or inside door 15. The main door is hinged for swinging movement in a horizontal plane, the hinges being designated by the numeral 17. is illustrated,

the main door, whenclosed, is adapted to engage against the outside edge oi the flange 13. This main door carries a lock of any suitable construction, the lock being designated byY the numeral 1.8 and being shown as having a key-hole 1,9. Obviously, instead of a key operated lock, a combination lock may be provided. 'lhe lock has a bolt 2O 'adaptedto engage in an opening 21 in the liange. The main door has, preferably adjacent its upper edge, a horizontal coin receiving slot 22.

auxiliary door', which designated by'tlie numeral 15, is'located, when in closed position, the itlange 13 and is pivoted adjacent its lower edge as at 26 so that when opening the'auxiliary door will swing down to horizontal position, as shown in Ifig.l .5.' Wlienfthe doorI 15 is released, a spring 271nay be employed lor throwing it into open position. By preference, the auxiliary door-"has 'side langes 28-anil a flange29 at its upper end so that, when the door is thrown'open, inthe event the coin should fall'or'roll'ionto the door 15, these coins Icannot fall off of Athe edges thereof. In order lto'fsecure the auxiliary door in closed position andto prevent any one from openingthis'.'door,",unless hefknows how to do so,9lK provide secret locking means which, in the present instance, is fin the form of spring BO connecte'dito one of the flanges 28,'.as at 31. The free end ot this spring has 'a head32 which is "adapted, when the auiriliary'door is'ilockechtfo engage inthe registering openings',323` and 34 positioned inthe flanges A28 andll, respectively. The main door has, at its'pivoted edge, an inturned lug which, `when the main door is thrown to the 'full open position shown in Fig'. 6, isV adapted to engage the head olf the spring 30 and'thereby force -this head out of the opening 851ithereby releasing the auxiliary' .door and permitting the spring 27 to throw this door into the open position shown 'in Fig. `5. "lhe 'auxiliary door has a coin receiving slot B7 adapted to register wltllithe slot 22 in the main door when both of these doors are closed'.

For the purpose olI concealing the bank, I provide a face plate 4l() which may be removably secured in place by screws fill. Preferably, this face plate is similar to the faceplate of an electric switch so that any one looking at this structure would not perceive that it concealed a bank. The face plate also has a slot or coin receiving opencess towthe savings within the bank. .agent njiay remove the i'ace plate and, by

ing 4:2 adapted to register, as shown inlig. 1, with the coin receiving slots of the two doors.

lt will be understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, that only an authorized person, such as an insurance agent who collects Athe premiums and who is familiar' with the' location vof'thebank and the manner in which it may be opened, can gain ac- This making use olt the key or the combination which he has in his possession, can opeirtlieV outside door. By throwing Vthe outside door to the lull open position shown in Fig.

(i, the lock Ator the inside door isreleased, whereupon the inside door will be thrown downto the open position shown Fig. 5 so that access can be had to ,the Coins within` the receptacle. lifter the agent has collected the money, he can Vvery easilyclose and look the doors and apply the tace plate. Il'

an unauthorized person should, by using un! usual ingenuity, lind the bank and open the .outside door, he vwould he battled asto how widely dil'lerent embodiments of this inven tion could he made without departing'rfrom the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above descriptionV or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Itis also"v to be understood thattheflani guage used in the following claims is 'intended to cover all of the generic and specilic features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of thek inven tion which, as a matter ot languagannght be said to fall therebetween. 1

claim as my invention:

1. A" savings bank of 'the character described including a support havingfa recess,

a 1sank within said recess andV having a door l provided with a lock and a coin receiving slot, andV a removable face plate concealng said bank and having a coin receiving slotr registering with said llirst mentioned'islot.

2. A savings bank of the character described including a'support having a recess, bank located in said recess and having a main door and an auxiliary door, a lock for each of said doors, registering coin receiving slots in said doors. and a removable plate in front of said bank having a coin receiving slot in registry with said mentioned slots When the doors are closed.

3. A savings bank of the character described including a support having a recess, a bank Within the recess and having an outer floor pivoted for swinging movement in a horizontal plane, a lock on said outer door, an inner door pivoted for movement from a vertical to a vhorizontal position, a lock for said inner door, and registering coin receiving slots in said doors.

4. A savings bank comprising a receptacle having an opening in one Wall thereof, a main door pivoted. for swinging movement in a horizontal plane and having a coin receiving slot and a. lock, an auxiliary door pivoted for movement from an upright to a horizontal position and having a flange at K each side edge and at its upper edge, said auxiliary door having a coin receiving slot adapted to register with the slot of. said main door, and a lock for said auxiliary door.

5. A savings bank of the character described including a support having a recess, a receptacle Within the recess and having an opening in one Wall thereof, a main door pivoted for swinging movement in a horizontal plane and having a coin receiv` ing slot and a lock, an auxiliary door pivoted for movement from an upright to a horizontal position and having a flange at each side edge and at its upper edge, said auxiliary door having a coin receiving slot adapted to register with the slot of said main door, a lock for said auxiliary door,

and a Jface plate concealing said bank, said face plate having a slot adapted to register with the slots in said doors.

MARY MORRIS. 

